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REPORT OF NATIONAL iMUSEUM, 1893. 



The followiug statement as to the coiulitioii of the eollection is pre- 

 sented by the curator: 



The followiug table indicates the number of speciuiens in the reserve, exliibitiou 

 and duplicate series: 



Si)ecimeiis. 



Collection. 



Kative or 

 exotic. 



Hynieuoptera. 



Neiir()i)teni . 



Ortlioiiteni 



Coleoptera. 



Lepidoptera 



Heniiptera. 



Dilitera . 



Reserve Native. 



(Id ' Exotic. 



Duplicate 



Exhibit ' 



Reserve ' Native. 



, do Exotic . 



Exhibit 



Reserve Native. 



, do Exotic - 



Duplicate | 



Exhibit 



Species. Examples. 



3,500 



1,000 



500 

 200 



600 

 400 



Native. 

 Exotic . 



Reserve 



do 



Duplicate ' 



Exhibit [ 



Reserve i Native 



do j Exotic 



Duplicate 



Exhibit 



Reserve Native 



do Exotic 



Duplicate 



Exhibit 



Reserve j Native 



do Ex Jtic 



Duplicate 



j Exhibit 



Aracliiiida Reserve Native 



do Exotic 



1 Exhibit 



7,200 

 7,300 



Myriapoda. Reserve , Native. 



do Exotic . 



Exhibit 



4,500 

 3,000 



2.500 

 2,000 



4.000 

 800 



350 

 150 



Total 



200 

 50 



20, 000 



2, 000 



2,000 



1,000 



2,000 



5U0 



200 



6, 000 



2,000 



3, 000 



1,000 



50, 000 



30, 000 



300, 000 



10, 000 



60, 000 



10, 000 



35, 000 



4,000 



20, 000 



5,000 



3,000 



1.000 



20, 000 



2,000 



2,000 



1,000 



2,500 



500 



200 



2,000 



200 



100 



59S.200 



IXCUKASE OF THE COLLECTION. 



Thecollectioiiliasincreaseddnriugtheyearby the addition (if about TjdOOspeeitueiis. 



The last catalogue entry for June, 1892, was No. 1041. 



The last catalogno entry for June, 1893, was No. 1260. 



The routine work of the year has consisted chieliy of making up collections for 

 exchange; reports on accessions for examination and report, about 100 such reports 

 having been uuide duriug the year; naming of specimens for collectors (about 50 

 larger and smaller series of insects of all orders have been identified for corresi)oud- 

 ents, representiug more than 2,000 species); the selection of material to send to 

 specialists for study and determination ; mounting and labeling of specimens; iden- 

 tifying the material of the accessions and incorporating it in the collections. This 

 is generally done in coimection with the work of arranging all the collections in 

 permanent shai)e. 



